Yidana Zakaria, the Honourable North East Regional Minister expressed his delight about the Conference, stating, “I find the theme very apt and appropriate at this crucial time that fresh water for household consumption has become so scarce in supply relative to demand.
Donnan Kobla Tay, Director for Water Resources at the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, expressed need for mining operations to be in line with the Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that future generations also benefited from the country’s mineral resources. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, whose speech was read on her behalf at the conference by Mr. He pledged government’s commitment to implementing appropriate regulatory, legal, fiscal, and environmental policies “to build a responsible, viable, sustainable and environmentally-sound mining industry anchored on integrity, transparency and good governance, and that brings optimum benefit to the people.” Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources speaking as the Special Guest of Honour of the Conference called on all, especially large scale mining companies to realise their duty towards the local community and ensure that their operations bring optimal benefits to its stakeholders. He revealed that “A Conference like this is very critical because it affords us the opportunity to share experiences and ideas from our various schools, faculties, and institutes with the wider world with the aim of improving food security.” Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, Vice-Chancellor of UDS, speaking during the Conference in Tamale, said the University was an important player in the global system. The theme of the Conference “Mining, Water Resources Management and Environmental Sustainability in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges” brought together practitioners, academics, researchers, policy-makers, civil society, community/traditional leaders, farmers agricultural extension agents, irrigation consultants, irrigation facility contractors, technical experts, students, amongst other stakeholders.
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The conference, a third in the series after the earlier ones in 20, took place at the UDS-International Conference Centre on 22 nd and 23 rd of February, 2022. The West African Centre for Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture (WACWISA) of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has held the 2022 International Conference on Irrigation and Agriculture Development (IRAD 2022).
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